About 40.2 lakh disabled in the age-group between 5-19 are attending educational institutions in India, an improvement of about 11 per cent, an official survey said on Monday.

"There is an improvement of about 11 percentage points in the status of attending educational institutions by disabled persons in the age-group 5-19 during the decade 2001-2011," the Census 2011 data on Disabled Population released said.

It said there are an estimated 65.7 lakh disabled population in age-group of 5-19.